He reached his peak in 2014 where he gained 6.6 million subscribers in that year alone, at one point gaining a million subscribers a month, more than any other channel except Pew Die Pie.

In that year he would on occasion get more subscribers than any other You Tube channel.

The first time Vanoss showed his face was for his one million subscribers thank you video in 2013 with the second time in 2014 when he took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (in which he poured a mixture of iced tea, Smirnoff Ice, ice cream and so on instead of water).

His owl head is the mask of his in-game character models for many of the games he plays including GMOD and GTA V.

The Pew Die Pie impact, otherwise known as his staggering rate of getting many more views and subscribers than any other You Tube channel that happened in the beginning of 2014 was the reason why the channels died or became less popular.

The Pew Pie Pie impact started the time Pew Die Pie and You Tube Spotlight were battling it out for the #1 spot.

Evan Fong (born July 31, 1992), known by his You Tube username Vanoss Gaming, is primarily a Canadian video game commentator.

It is also due to it's mix of comedic banter with his friends and having some of the most highly accliamed edited videos on You Tube.Before Vanoss began posting his content on You Tube, there were great channels like speedyw03 (AKA Vanoss' idol), and kilplixism, who was friends with Criken the Great.They mainly posted Left 4 Dead content because in 2010, Left 4 Dead was at the peak of it's popularity.This is one of the reasons why sometimes a joke he makes in a video trends.An example include a joke he made in 2015 by "Hoodini".